SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HBs 751, 753 & 755, 2nd Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senators Cowin and McKay moved the following amendment to

12  amendment (594764):

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14         Senate Amendment 

15         On page 24, lines 16-30, delete those lines

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18         (b)  The statistical system shall provide for an

19  approach which provides for best linear unbiased prediction

20  for the teacher, school, and school district effects on pupil

21  progress.  These estimates should adequately be able to

22  determine effects of and compare teachers who teach multiple

23  subjects to the same groups of students, and team teaching

24  situations where teachers teach a single subject to multiple

25  groups of students, or other teaching situations as

26  appropriate.

27         1.  The department, in consultation with the Office of

28  Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, and

29  other sources as appropriate, shall use recognized approaches

30  to statistical variance and estimating random effects.

31         2.  The approach used by the department shall be

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HBs 751, 753 & 755, 2nd Eng.

    Amendment No.    





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